Nicole Ari Parker Kodjoe (born October 7, 1970) is an American actress and model.
Early in her career she appeared in several critically-acclaimed independent films including The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love (1995), Boogie Nights (1997), 200 Cigarettes (1999), and the 1999 Sundance Film Festival winner The Adventures of Sebastian Cole.
She has starred in several television shows including Second Time Around, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and The Deep End; but her breakthrough television role was on Showtime6 drama Soul Food, which she starred in from 2000-2004. Her big screen credits include such popular films as Blue Streak (1999), Brown Sugar (2002) and Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (2008).
She is married to fellow model turned actor, Boris Kodjoe, and they have two children.
A Snowy Day in Oakland
Dr. LaTrice Monroe
2023
Sherri
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
2022
We Are Gathered Here Today
Nancy Stone
2022
And Just Like That... The Documentary
Self
2022
Safe Room
Lila Jackson
2022
And Just Like That…
Lisa Todd Wexley · (33 episodes)
2021
Tamron Hall
Self - Guest · (2 episodes)
2019
The Romanoffs
Cheryl Gowans · (1 episode)
2018
How It Ends
Paula Sutherland
2018
Downsized
Ebony
2017
I'm Dying Up Here
Gloria · (1 episode)
2017
Time After Time
Vanessa Anders · (5 episodes)
2017
Star
Giselle Simms · (1 episode)
2016
Almost Christmas
Sonya
2016
Rosewood
Kat · (6 episodes)
2015
Celebrity Family Feud
Self · (1 episode)
2015
Lip Sync Battle
Self · (1 episode)
2015
Younger
Beth · (2 episodes)
2015
Empire
Giselle Sims-Barker · (18 episodes)
2015
Repentance
Sophie
2014
Chicago P.D.
Samantha Miller · (8 episodes)
2014
Secret Lives of Husbands and Wives
Paula Cooke
2013
Revolution
Secretary Justine Allenford · (8 episodes)
2012
35 and Ticking
Zenobia
2011
The Fran Drescher Show
(1 episode)
2010
The Deep End
Susan Oppenheim · (6 episodes)
2010
Black Dynamite
Mahogany Black
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest · (2 episodes)
2009
Pastor Brown
Tonya Copeland Brown
2009
Imagine That
Tricia Danielson
2009
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
Lucinda Allen
2008
The Tyra Banks Show
(1 episode)
2005
King's Ransom
Angela Drake
2005
Second Time Around
Ryan Muse · (13 episodes)
2004
All of Us
(1 episode)
2003
Brown Sugar
Reese Marie Wiggam Ellis
2002
Dancing in September
Tomasina 'Tommy' Crawford
2001
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Lillie Ivers · (1 episode)
2000
Remember the Titans
Carol Boone
2000
106 & Park
(1 episode)
2000
Soul Food
Teri Joseph · (74 episodes)
2000
The Loretta Claiborne Story
Christine Claiborne
2000
Blue Streak
Mellisa Green
1999
A Map of the World
Sherry
1999
Loving Jezebel
Frances
1999
Mind Prey
Weather Karkinnon
1999
Harlem Aria
Clarisse
1999
200 Cigarettes
Bridget
1999
Exiled
Georgeanne Taylor
1998
The Adventures of Sebastian Cole
Nurse Jenny
1998
Spark
Nina
1998
Boogie Nights
Becky Barnett
1997
The End of Violence
Ade
1997
Subway Stories
Sharon (segment "Honey-Getter")
1997
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
Wanda
1996
Stonewall
Female Draft Officer
1995
Divas
Stephanie
1995
The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love
Evie Roy
1995